help with 3d settings?

[DeepIron]

My resolution is set at 1440x900

Ah, I noticed I didn't mention it before... I use the 1024 settings... Higher than that and I get headaches... Astigmatism all my life...

BTW, what is your monitor refresh rate? Windows will automaticaly try and set 60Hz... I have dual 21" Westinghouse units and run at 70Hz... makes a big difference...

I found I gain a fps or two using the 174.xx driver as well. As for the SLI issues, I'm not sure the 76xx series is really that SLI compliant... I think one needs to get to the 88xx series to see a real difference.

Did you check out the tweak guide link? Something to check in your BIOS is the AGP apeture size and AGP speed. Mine are 128M and 8x respectively.

Right, my 40-45fps is external.

Currently I'm looking at the shader code support in SH4 and seeing if I can optimize that pipeline a bit. I'm not real sure the shader code is as good as it can be but with any luck, I might be able to squeeze out a few more fps...

I'm glad to hear your having success!